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LOT 0209
Sassanian Gold Ring with Garnet Intaglio
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.52 grams, 24.20 mm overall, 18.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
A hollow-formed gold finger ring with ellipsoid stepped bezel, granule to one edge for alignment, inset cabochon intaglio of a nude male gripping the edges of an arch.
ProvenancePrivate Swiss collection, acquired 1999.
Ex Surena collection, London, UK.
Private European collection.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 320, for type.
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LOT 0209
Sassanian Gold Ring with Garnet Intaglio
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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